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CBS News
20-05-2025
- Health
- CBS News
How climate change is increasing complication risks for pregnant women
Early season heat waves gripping the Central and Southern United States are bringing attention to the health dangers of high temperatures during pregnancy. While extreme heat can be dangerous for anybody, pregnant women are particularly at risk — and according to a report released last week, climate change is making things worse. The analysis, from the nonprofit Climate Central, found that climate change nearly doubled the average number of "pregnancy heat-risk days" — extremely hot days linked to an increased risk of preterm birth — in the U.S. from 2020 to 2024. "These are the days when pregnant women are at increased risk for a number of different complications — so heat stroke, heat exhaustion," Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News medical contributor and editor-at-large for public health at KFF Health News, said on "CBS Mornings Plus" Tuesday. "If you have these kinds of symptoms in a pregnant woman, it's even more concerning, because you can have other complications like preterm birth." Heat can have such an impact because pregnancy puts major stress on the heart. "You're more likely to get dehydrated during pregnancy. You have an increase in your blood volume during pregnancy, and so being dehydrated, being exposed to extra heat, you're working that much harder to keep yourself and your baby cool," Gounder said. While it's important to be aware of temperatures throughout an entire pregnancy, Gounder said it's especially important during the third trimester, which can be hardest on the body. It's also when the risk of extreme heat causes the most number of complications, she added. Finding ways to stay cool should also be top of mind, Gounder said, especially as resources related to heat safety are being cut. "You're going to have to stay on top of this a whole lot more, because some of the surveillance that was being done by NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), by the CDC, is now being cut by the Trump administration," Gounder said. "That is part of their job — to do the surveillance and let people know and to have those cooling centers open and ready to welcome people." In February, more than 800 employees were dismissed from NOAA, the nation's primary hub for weather and climate information that is considered the authority on forecasting, storm tracking and climate monitoring. The job cuts were part of a federal cost-cutting initiative by the Trump administration and the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. Also under the DOGE initiative were cuts to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, including large agencies like the CDC, the nation's public health agency, which is responsible for protecting Americans from disease outbreaks and other public health threats, tracking health trends and developing health and safety guidelines. To help stay cool, Gounder suggests not over exerting yourself on hot days, finding a shady place to take breaks when outside and seeking spaces like a public library if you need to cool down further. Sara Moniuszko Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking and trending news for CBS News' HealthWatch. contributed to this report.
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Climate
- Yahoo
Pinpoint Weather: Flood Watch in effect as multiple rounds of rain are expected
ROANOKE, Va. (WFXR) — A low-pressure system over the Southern U.S. will slowly work its way northward bringing increased moisture and decent rainfall. Scattered rain will begin to move in overnight becoming more widespread throughout the day tomorrow. With cloudy and rainy conditions, temperatures will stay cool for the day as highs only reach the low-to-mid 60s. With rounds of persistent rain, some heavy at times, flooding concerns will be present along and south of the Blue Ridge where a Flood Watch will be in effect from 2 am Monday morning through 2 pm Tuesday afternoon. A Slight Risk (2/4) for excessive rainfall is placed over the entire region tomorrow and portions of the area Tuesday. Rainfall totals through Tuesday evening will be around 2-4″ with localized 5-6″ possible along the Blue Ridge into the Eastern Foothills. The flooding threat will likely be highest Monday night into Tuesday morning. As the low moves northward just off to the west, numerous rain showers and storms continue over the region into Monday night through the day Tuesday, although rain coverage will likely be more scattered at any given time during the afternoon and evening. As the frontal system pushes through, scattered showers and storms will redevelop Wednesday afternoon with daytime heating as we warm into the low-to-mid 70s. Towards the end of the week, temperatures warm up above average with highs climbing into the 80s along with the chance for a few showers or storms possible in the afternoons. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CNN
11-05-2025
- Climate
- CNN
Hailstorms pelt southern US
Hailstorms pelt southern US Frozen ice pelting a pool in Arizona in May? You bet. Residents across the southern US took to social media this month to share their surprise to large hailstorms that have swept across multiple states, including Tennessee, North Carolina, and Arizona.
The Guardian
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Marie and Rosetta review – Beverley Knight's mighty vocal soars as the godmother of rock'n'roll
With her coffee table-size electric guitar and a voice capable of belting out gospel melodies over reverberating distortion, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, AKA the godmother of rock'n'roll, carries a formidable legacy. One of the first gospel singers to find mainstream success in the 1930s, as well as an early musical influence for rockers such as Little Richard and Elvis, Tharpe was a trailblazing celebrity who has since faded in the public consciousness. Set over a single night in 1946, George Brant's two-hander finds Tharpe at a crossroads. Massively popular but facing increasing competition from singer Mahalia Jackson and controversy for taking faith-based music into nightclubs, 31-year-old Tharpe is rethinking her status. Enter the quivering, starstruck young singer Marie Knight, who Tharpe has plucked from obscurity and decided to take on tour with her across the segregated Southern US. Over the course of a rehearsal, Tharpe must persuade Knight to come on the road and revitalise her career in the process. West End musical stalwart Beverley Knight plays Tharpe with aplomb, casting her as a fun-loving elder facing racist America and conservative Christians with an unshakeable sense of song. Stage newcomer Ntombizodwa Ndlovu, meanwhile, is endearing as Marie, fawning over her hero while reassessing her morals. The music is immediate and brilliant, with Knight and Ndlovu reaching a soaring harmony on the swaggering Rock Me, rumbling into a sultry groove on Tharpe's nightclub favourite I Want a Tall Skinny Papa and highlighting Knight's mighty solo vocal on Didn't It Rain. With guitarist Shirley Tetteh and pianist Liam Godwin channelling Tharpe's bluesy feel, decades-old songs are reinvigorated. The script, however, is a disappointment. Overly didactic, with swathes of dialogue telling the audience about Tharpe's life story or the realities of racism but showing little, Brant misses an opportunity to meaningfully examine the difficulties of being a boundary-breaking woman of colour in the 1940s. What might it mean to believe in God when your civil rights are taken away? What motivated Tharpe to tirelessly pursue larger audiences and threaten her church-going audience? The answers won't be found in Marie and Rosetta. Yet, in Knight and Ndlovu's voices we can at least find engaging emotion, bringing Tharpe's powerful music to life once more. At Rose Theatre, Kingston, London, until 24 May. Then at Wolverhampton Grand, 27–31 May and Chichester Festival Theatre 25 June to 26 July
